Austin, Texas
Animatronic Lyndon Baines Johnson
Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.
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Austin, Texas
Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.
Manila, Philippines
A century-old ancestral home was home to some of the key figures of the Philippine Revolution.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Canyon, Texas
The Grand Canyon of Texas.
Cache, Oklahoma
This little slice of old Jerusalem in Oklahoma is the evolution of a century-old passion play.
Lawton, Oklahoma
American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Amarillo, Texas
This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.
Visalia, California
Far out of its comfort zone, this sequoia was planted as a symbol of the connection between Visalia and its neighboring national park.
Tulare County, California
The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.
Phoenix, Arizona
The unusual burial monument of Arizona's first governor.
Washington, D.C.
The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.
Washington, D.C.
A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.
Burney, California
The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.
Forks, Washington
This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Eugene, Oregon
This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.
Forks, Washington
A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.
Portland, Oregon
This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.
La Pine, Oregon
Atop an active stratovolcano, two lakes separated by a narrow strip of land.
Seattle, Washington
The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.
Seattle, Washington
Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?